University of Gothenburg symposium on Indian Culture and Society

April 19, 2013 - 13:00-17:15

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﻿The Department of Literature, History of Ideas, and Religion at University of Gothenburg organizes a Symposium on Indian Culture and Society, on Friday 19 April 2013, 13.00–17.15. The programme includes lectures by two of the current Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) Visiting Indian Professors in Sweden, namely Surinder Jodhka, ICCR guest professor at Lund University, who will speak about ”The future of caste and power”; and Ashok Kaul, ICCR guest professor at the University of Gothenburg, who will speak about ”Kashmir – a road forward”. Venue: Humanisten, Renströmsgatan 6, room to be announced later.The programme also includes a presentation by Ms. Anette Pooja on ”Studying Indian dance as a Westernwoman”, by Dr. Shashank Srivastava on ”Indian philosophy and post-modernism”, and Associate Professor Clemens Cavallin on ”Teaching Hinduism as a Western scholar”. In order to participate you have to register by sending an e-mail to Clemens Cavallin no later than 5 April 2013. More information.

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